"Fading Lights" is the twelfth and final song on the album We Can't Dance by Genesis.
At ten minutes and sixteen seconds, it is the longest song on the album.
The melody of the chorus' first line is reminiscent of that of their earlier track "Ripples" from A Trick of the Tail, and the song has a similar theme of relinquishing the past.
During the band's 2007 reunion tour the song was played as they left the stage at the conclusion of their performance.
A remixed version of the song was released on the We Can't Dance album featured in the SACD/DVD re-releases.